In the past week or so I have had people tell me I am starting to make small waves in the battle against mountaintop removal. I thought it was funny on both occasions - and kind of sad. If I’m just making waves, then I need to work harder. I don’t want to make waves. [...]

Ever since writing the post Open For Business, I’ve been thinking about the statement I made at the end of that post.
“Mountaintop removal is happening right this very minute and every second wasted is precious time lost.”
In particular, I’ve been thinking about all the different terms ‘time’ can be replaced with and still make [...]

Turn your lights off tonight from 8 to 9 p.m. as a show of solidarity for Earth Hour. This will also send a message to Big Coal that we, as a country, are committed to Energy Conservation, a term they do not like. Since their motto is “Coal Keeps the Lights On”, let’s turn the [...]

Not West Virginia - this blog is open for business.
I have finally gotten this website to the point I am comfortable receiving visitors. This site comes equipped with everything the researcher needs to make an informed decision. I’ve attempted to make it as interactive as humanly possible.
We have a lot to talk about and I [...]

This blog has been recently moved from Blogger. There are multiple authors to this blog. Posts prior to this one are listed as being published by admin. In transferring the site the user roles could not be maintained. I have either identified the authors individual posts myself, or they did on writing the post or [...]

I heard on the radio this morning how the friends of coal are having a membership drive. It was clear to point out that a couple of cities have committed to being the friends of coal. One of those being Mabscott, West Virginia.
Needless to say the entire news story irritated me on a few different [...]

When I wrote the posts Into The Headwaters, I had some pictures I wasn’t able to show because I had no clue what it was.

The only thing I knew for sure - West Virginia was sporting a new form of whitewater.
This weekend a friend and I were exploring some of the roads on Bolt Mountain [...]

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Picture this…
You have worked your entire life in the coal mines. On your meager retirement you plan to live out your life in the peace and quiet of the mountains. You have a comfortable house with a wooden fence. You have a well dug by your grandfather that is thirty feet deep and taps into [...]

The transmission line project (that is detailed in the below article) has constantly been pushed on the people of the mountains by those wishing to provide more energy to city dwellers. I, for one, am disgusted that we are expected to sacrifice our rural vistas (and, ultimately our mountains through the increased demand for coal) [...]